U.S. Chamber of Commerce backs gas tax hike to fund highways

2 years ago

The United States Chamber of Commerce backs a gas tax hike to fund U.S. highways. According to the president of the nation's largest lobbying group for businesses, raising gas tax above 18.4 cents a gallon is the "simplest and most straightforward way to fund a long-term highway bill."

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Corby's Bio

"Corby", as most people seem to refer to John, was Ohio born and bred. Hailing from the hills of Hocking County, and ending up in the great Capital City by way of the Ohio State University.

If you have just recently begun listening to the show, you may wonder why so many people say "happy birthday" at the beginning of their conversation with John. Here is the scoop...Quite a few years ago, in the late fall, John was relaying a story about some famous individual who happened to be celebrating a birthday. A caller mistook the discussion to be referring to that day being John's birthday and wished him a happy birthday. John kindly accepted the well wishes, but gently pointed out that it was not his birthday. Nearly every caller the rest of that afternoon began their chat with John by saying happy birthday. For some unknown reason, the "happy birthday" salutation stuck, and has continued to this day. Yes, sometimes it gets aggravating. And his actual birthday, March 26th.